By the time November rolls around the traditional “season” for Mediterranean cruises is coming to an end. But there are still plenty of cruises departing from Barcelona, Spain during the month, including western Mediterranean voyages, transatlantic repositioning cruises, visits to the Middle East and more.
Viking and Holland America
Viking and Holland America send ships to North America and South America in November, ending in Fort Lauderdale and Rio de Janeiro. Viking also has cruises that end in Rome and Athens.
| Holland America Oosterdam | November 5, 2022 | 14 night | They call it their “Spanish Farewell” as Oosterdam goes across the Atlantic to Fort Lauderdale, Florida |
| Viking Sky | November 12, 2022 | 7 nights | Barcelona to Rome (Civitavecchia) via Marseille, Monaco and Florence A 14-night version continues to Naples, Sicily, Crete and Athens. |
| Viking Jupiter | November 10, 2022 | 21 nights | From Barcelona to Buenos Aires via Malaga, Casablanca, Dakar, Recife and Rio de Janeiro |
| Viking Sea | November 19, 2022 | 7 nights | From Barcelona to the port of Civitavecchia near Rome |
Royal Caribbean, Norwegian and Seabourn
It’s time for Royal Caribbean and Norwegian to move some ships across the Atlantic. Repositioning cruises in November are offered to Fort Lauderdale, Miami and Barbados. Seabourn also has a two-week cruise scheduled, but ends no further than Lisbon.
| Vision of the Seas | November 4, 2022 | 12 nights | Repositioning cruise to Fort Lauderdale, with visits to Malaga and Tenerife |
| Norwegian Dawn | November 5, 2022 | 15 nights | Another repositioning cruise, ending in Tampa, Florida after stops in Seville, Lisbon, Bermuda, Bahamas and Miami. |
| Rhapsody of the Seas | November 8, 2022 | 12 nights | A quick trip eastward to Cannes, followed by a transatlantic voyage ending in Barbados |
| Seabourn Ovation | November 12, 2022 | 14 nights | Makes a surprisingly long trip out of moving from Barcelona to Lisbon, with visits to Casablanca, Tenerife, Tangier, La Palma and Madeira. |
MSC and Silversea
It may be November, but MSC still offers a full complement of week-long Mediterranean cruises to great destinations in France and Italy. Toward the end of the month you can hitch a ride as they move MSC Seaview to the southern Atlantic. Meanwhile, Silversea’s Silver Dawn makes an early-in-the-month trip from Barcelona to Lisbon.
| MSC Opera | November 1, 2022 | 26 nights | Spend almost the full month of November cruising the Mediterranean, traversing the Suez Canal, going around the Arabian Peninsula and disembarking in Dubai |
| MSC Seaview | November 4, 2022 November 11, 2022 | 7 nights | Begins and ends in Barcelona, with stops in Marseille, Genoa, Naples, Messina and Malta |
| MSC Grandiosa | November 5, 2022 November 18, 2022 November 25, 2022 | 7 nights | More round trips from Barcelona to Marseille, Genoa, Rome, Palermo, and Malta |
| MSC Seaview | November 20, 2022 | 16 nights | Going very much in a southwesterly direction – across the Atlantic and ending in Rio de Janeiro |
| Silver Dawn | November 2, 2022 | 7 nights | A cruise around the southern edge of Spain and Portugal, ending in Lisbon |
Princess, Seven Seas and Costa
It’s a tale of “The Really Long, The Really Short and Lots of In-Between”: Princess, Seven Seas and Costa cruises from Barcelona in November include transatlantic voyages to Florida and Brazil, speedy trips across the southern edge of France and a big bunch of 7-nighters that visit the usual suspects in the western Mediterranean.
| Regal Princess | November 6, 2022 | 26 nights | Starts in Barcelona, ends in Fort Lauderdale, but first makes a tour of the western Mediterranean (an 11-night subset of the cruise ends in Civitavecchia near Rome) |
| Seven Seas Splendor | November 19, 2022 | 14 nights | Go along for the ride as the ship moves from Barcelona to Miami! |
| Costa Fortuna | November 1, 2022 | 3 night | A lightning-fast trip to Marseille, Genoa and back |
| Costa Smeralda | November 7,. 2022 November 14, 2022 November 21, 2022 November 28, 2022 | 7 nights | From Barcelona to Marseille, Genoa, Rome, Palmero, Majorca and back to Barcelona |
| Costa Luminosa | November 15, 2022 November 22, 2022 November 29, 2022 | 7 nights | Round trip to Marseille, Genoa, Naples, Catania and Malta |
| Costa Fortuna | November 22, 2022 | 14 nights | Yet another across-the-Atlantic cruise that ends in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Costa Favolosa | November 20, 2022 | 14 nights | Yep, another two-week cruise from Barcelona to Rio (add another day if you’d rather end in Sao Paulo) |